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Guides/Reports
ASHE has developed 52 actionable ECMs in eight categories to help facilities management teams better manage energy use and advance your health care facility’s sustainability journey.
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Learn more about how to end the use of fossil fuels at your health care facility.
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This category of emissions includes fossil fuel-powered equipment performed by health care organization staff.
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Carbon emissions associated with energy use are often a mix of on-site usage and off-site emissions from regional utilities can be complicated to account for.
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Embodied carbon consists of all the greenhouse gas emissions associated with building construction. Learn how to efficiently manage them.
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Water usage in health care organizations is a less obvious source of carbon emissions. Learn more about its impact.
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HVAC equipment using refrigerants can include packaged rooftop units, direct expansion split systems, chillers, variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems and several others. Different equipment systems can contain different refrigerant types with varying emissions potential.
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Anesthetic gases have a high global warming potential (GWP), learn how to mitigate its impact.
Monograph
This third edition monograph discusses only the physical environment aspects of USP , and is intended for the use of health care facility managers. It will aid those preparing for compliance with USP .
Guides/Reports
Learn how your health care facility’s energy reduction efforts compare to national benchmarks with this new report.
Monograph
This code overlay will assist health care systems with their decarbonization efforts
Case Studies
Using renewable energy sources, hospital reduces annual utility bill from more than $3 million to $2.8 million despite an almost 40% increase in the cost of electricity.